Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found compelling evidence for one unlike any…
Month: June 2016
The Texas butterfly effect
How can scientists better understand summer monarch butterfly populations in the Midwest? Check spring weather…
Diet lacking in zinc is detrimental to human, animal health
The trace element zinc has an impact on the essential metabolic functions of most living…
Witnesses can catch criminals by smell: Human nose-witnesses identify criminals in a lineup of body odor
Move over sniffer dogs, people who witnessed a crime are able to identify criminals by…
How El Niño impacts global temperatures
Scientists have found past El Niño oscillations in the Pacific Ocean may have amplified global…
New way for prevention of pathogenic protein misfolding
Incorrectly folded proteins can cause a variety of diseases. Now researchers have found a solution…
Putting a brake on leukemia cells
Cancer cells need a lot of energy in order to divide without limits. Researchers have…
Concussion outcome predicted using advanced imaging
Using an advanced imaging technique, researchers have been able to predict which patients who’d recently…
High-priced drugs used to treat diabetic macular edema not cost-effective
The anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs ranibizumab and aflibercept, used to treat vision loss from…
In the brain, one area sees familiar words as pictures, another sounds out words
Skilled readers can quickly recognize words when they read because the word has been placed…